Thus, inclusion of basic intelligence on the EU has been deemed appropriate as a new, separate entity in The World Factbook | |
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Data are for the area controlled by the Government of the Republic of Cyprus | The European Union EU is an and union of 27 that are located in |
Data for Syria's 2014 GDP is from the September 2011 WEO Database, the latest available from the IMF.
The EU is included as a separate entity in The World Factbook of CIA because it has many attributes of independent nations, being much more than a free-trade association such as ASEAN, NAFTA, or Mercosur | |
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